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141-01 59 Avenue · Queens · BBL 4064040027 · generated 2026-10-20 · FREE

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Where the penalty points come from

ComponentWhat it coversPoints
Housing codeHPD violations by class, complaints, emergency repairs, litigation, vacate orders, AEP116.4
Structural & safetyDOB violations, ECB/OATH violations by class0
PestsBedbug filings, failed rodent inspections, rodent 311s0
DisplacementMarshal evictions executed0
GRADE F

A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 99% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 388. In ZIP 11355, 84% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work

this building
A
C

Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more

Open with the city right now

No current HPD flags in the latest weekly snapshot: no open violations, no pending litigation, no active vacate orders, and not in the Alternative Enforcement Program.

Patterns

No heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years.

No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.

What 311 hears from this address

14 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Abandoned Vehicle (2) · Building/Use (2) · ELECTRIC (2) · Vendor Enforcement (1) · Noise (1) · FLOORING/STAIRS (1).

Filed construction activity

$179,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (2 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.

Rent-stabilization signals

YesBuilt before 1974 (1940)
NoSix or more residential units (1)
No421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll

1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).

Registered with HPD — the names behind the building

Registered owner(s)Main & 495 LLC
Head officerTzu Chen
Managing agentTzu Chen
Last registered2025-07-07

as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration

What the city thinks it's worth

Tax yearCity market valueAssessed value
2025$1,078,000 $64,680
2026$1,075,000 $64,500
2027$1,126,000 $67,560

The city's market estimate has risen 4% between tax years 2025 and 2027.

Flood exposure

Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).

Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.

No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.

Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.

Getting around

BusNearest boarding stop: Main St / 58 Rd — Q20 · 300 ft
School zones (2024–25 map)Elementary: P.S. 163 Flushing Heights
Middle: I.S. 237. Confirm with the DOE's school search.

Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.

Report a problem to 311

141-01 59 Avenue

Heat or hot waterHeat or hot water
Apartment maintenanceApartment maintenance
Bed bugsBed bugs
Residential pestsResidential pests
Rats or miceRats or mice
Anything elseAnything else

14 311 service requests from this address in the last three years.

311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.

Sales, deeds & mortgages

Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $720,000 on 2019-02-25 (lender: Cathay Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.

DateRecordAmountPer res. unit
2019-02-25AL&R $700,000 — from MAIN & 495 LLC to CATHAY BANK $700,000
2019-02-25Mortgage $720,000 — from MAIN & 495 LLC to CATHAY BANK $720,000
2019-02-25Deed $1,420,000 — from COHEN, ELIZABETH A; COHEN, NEIL M to MAIN & 495 LLC $1,420,000
2019-02-15Sold for $1,420,000 $1,420,000 $1,420,000

Ten-year activity

100500
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
54
2025
2026
ConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & money
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YearConstructionEnforcementHousing & tenantsOwnership & moneyTotal
201700404
201800000
201941049
202003306
202101405
202200000
202302305
202401405
20250153054
202600000
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The last 12 months — 2 records

DateRecord
2025-12-15311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2025-10-20311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space

The full timeline

2025
2025-12-15311: Street Light Condition — Street Light Out
2025-10-20311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2025-10-10311: Special Projects Inspection Team (SPIT) — Illegal Hotel Rooms In Residential Building
2025-10-10DOB complaint, category ?
2025-09-10City emergency repair (OMO): as per hpds lead abatement requirement contracts and attached scope of work thoroughly remove all lead violations as pe$7,544
2025-08-27Tenant complaint: WATER LEAK — DAMP SPOT
2025-08-27311: WATER LEAK — DAMP SPOT
2025-05-22HPD class I: §27-2107 ADM CODE OWNER FAILED TO FILE A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED BY ADM CODE §27-2097 AND IS THEREFORE
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FT ST CEILING CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM F
2025-05-21HPD class C: § 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUM
2025-05-21HPD class C: § 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIO
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE EAST 1 ELECTRIC OUTLET IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT S
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC OUTLETS AT WEST WALL AND AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC OUTLETS AT WEST WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd ST
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SHOWER HEAD IN THE 2nd BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd STORY, 1st APAR
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2026 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE FLUSHING APPARATUS AND MAINTAIN SAME SO AS TO FLUSH EFFECTIVELY THE WATER CLOSET .... IN THE BATHROOM LOCA
2025-05-21HPD class C: § 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD - PAINT THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AND THAT IS PEELING OR ON A DETERIO
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL NORTH WALL IN THE 1st
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE SHOWER HEAD IN THE BATHROOM LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd STORY, 1st APARTMEN
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC OUTLET AT SOUTH WALL IN THE KITCHEN LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd ST
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LO
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL WEST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM F
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST L
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT SOUTH WALL SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM F
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCA
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCA
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FT ST CEILING CEILING IN THE 3rd ROOM F
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT SOUTH WALL SOUTH WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH A
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT WEST WALL WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM F
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST L
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE CEILING IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCA
2025-05-21HPD class C: § 27-2056.6 ADM CODE - CORRECT THE LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD-PAINT THAT IS XRF TESTED INCONCLUSIVE FOR LEAD CONTENT AT 0.5MG/CM2 AND IS PRESUM
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT EAST WALL EAST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM F
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT NORTH 1 WINDOW FRAME 1st WINDOW FRAME
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... LESS THAN 10 SQ FT AT NORTH WALL NORTH WALL IN THE 1st
2025-05-21HPD class A: § 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT THE WEST WALL IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LO
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 1st ROOM FROM NORTH AT EAST LOCATED AT APT SECOND, 2nd S
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN UNIFORM COLOR AT SOUTH WALL SOUTH WALL IN THE 1st ROOM
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT EAST WALL EAST WALL IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT
2025-05-21HPD class B: § 27-2005 ADMIN. CODE: PROPERLY REPAIR WITH SIMILAR MATERIAL THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE WOOD FLOOR IN THE 3rd ROOM FROM NORTH AT WEST LOCATED A
2025-05-19Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2025-05-19Tenant complaint: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-05-19Tenant complaint: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2025-05-19Tenant complaint: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025-05-19Tenant complaint: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2025-05-19311: PAINT/PLASTER — WALL
2025-05-19311: ELECTRIC — LIGHTING
2025-05-19311: PLUMBING — BASIN/SINK
2025-05-19311: ELECTRIC — OUTLET/SWITCH
2025-05-19311: FLOORING/STAIRS — FLOOR
2025-02-02311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2024
2024-12-18311: Building/Use — No Certificate Of Occupancy/Illegal/Contrary To CO
2024-12-18DOB complaint, category ?
2024-10-26311: Noise - Vehicle — Car/Truck Horn
2024-07-26311: Vendor Enforcement — Non-Food Vendor
2024-06-09311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2023
2023-06-20311: Litter Basket Request — New Basket
2023-05-21311: Building/Use — Illegal Conversion Of Residential Building/Space
2023-05-21DOB complaint, category ?
2023-03-21311: General Construction/Plumbing — Fence - None/Inadequate
2023-03-21DOB complaint, category ?
2021
2021-12-02311: Water System — Hydrant Running (WC3)
2021-08-14311: Dirty Conditions — E3A Dirty Area/Alleyway
2021-06-10311: Abandoned Vehicle — With License Plate
2021-06-09311: Illegal Parking — Blocked Sidewalk
2021-06-09ECB CLASS - 2 violation: OBSERVED 2 VEHICLES ILLEGALLY PARKED ON THE LEFT LAWN GRASS AREA. A SILVER NISSAN PATHFINDER SUV WITH ILLINOIS LICENSE PLATES CB 7
2020
2020-12-14ECB CLASS - 2 violation: VEHICLE IS PARKING AT SIDE YARD ON UNDESIGNATED PARKING AREA., CONFORM TO PARKING REGULATIONS
2020-10-13311: Building/Use — Zoning - Non-Conforming/Illegal Vehicle Storage
2020-10-13DOB complaint, category ?
2020-10-02311: Building/Use — Zoning - Non-Conforming/Illegal Vehicle Storage
2020-10-02DOB complaint, category ?
2020-09-26311: Illegal Parking — Posted Parking Sign Violation
2019
2019-12-05DOB complaint, category ?
2019-06-26Permit PL — ISSUED
2019-06-25Permit EW — ISSUED
2019-04-11Job filed: JOB FILED FOR EXISTING HOME OFFICE REMOVE NO-BEARING PARTITIONS @ 1ST FLOOR AND REPLACE & RELOCATED PLUMBING FIXTURES @ 2ND FLOOR. NO CHANGE OF U$66,000
2019-04-11Job filed: JOB FILED FOR EXISTING HOME OCCUPATION.REMOVE NO-BEARING PARTITIONS @ 1ST FL AND REPLACE & RELOCATED PLUMBING FIXTURES @ 2ND FLOOR. NO CHANGE OF $113,000
2019-02-25AL&R $700,000 — from MAIN & 495 LLC to CATHAY BANK$700,000
2019-02-25Mortgage $720,000 — from MAIN & 495 LLC to CATHAY BANK$720,000
2019-02-25Deed $1,420,000 — from COHEN, ELIZABETH A; COHEN, NEIL M to MAIN & 495 LLC$1,420,000
2019-02-15Sold for $1,420,000$1,420,000
2017
2017-10-30311: Litter Basket / Request — 10 Litter Basket / Request
2017-10-30311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Blocking Street
2017-09-13311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Hitting Building
2017-08-02311: Overgrown Tree/Branches — Hitting Building
2015
2015-03-09311: Graffiti — Graffiti
2011
2011-06-18311: Water System — Dirty Water (WE)
2002
2002-04-18Permit PL — ISSUED
2002-01-22Permit EW — ISSUED
2001
2001-10-04Job filed: LEGLIZE HOME OCCUPATION FOR DENTAL OFFIC E INCLUDING PARTITIONS, 2 DENTA CHAIRS, 3 SINKS, 1 LAVATORY AND ONE TOI LET. LEGALIZE 2 PARKING SPACES AS SH$5,000
2001-10-04Job filed: LEGLIZE HOME OCCUPATION FOR DENTAL OFFIC E INCLUDING PARTITIONS, 2 DENTA CHAIRS, 3 SINKS, 1 LAVATORY AND ONE TOI LET. LEGALIZE 2 PARKING SPACES AS SH$5,000
2001-05-17DOB complaint, category ?
2001-01-30ECB Non-Hazardous violation: OCUPANCY CONTRARY TO THAT ALLOWED BY THE C OF O OR BUILDING DEPT.RECORDS.FROM A C OF O #47332 1 FAMILY DWELLING TO A DWELLING AND $800
2001-01-17DOB complaint, category ?
2000
2000-09-25DOB complaint, category ?
2000-06-13DOB complaint, category ?
1992
1992-10-16DOB complaint, category ?
1985
1985-09-24Mortgage satisfied — from COHEN, NEIL M. ETAL to SACK, GEORGE H.
1980
1980-11-10RTXL — from SACK SARA H
1980-08-29Mortgage — from COHEN NEIL M; COHEN ELIZABETH A to GEORGE H SACK
1980-08-29Deed — from SACK GEORGE H to ELIZABETH A COHEN; NEIL M COHEN

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